Bob the Hitchhiking Praying Mantis is a heartwarming story of a captivating and ambitious praying mantis who dreams big, takes risks, and changes his life forever. Bob is based on a true story, where a hitchhiking praying mantis took a journey with a Farmer, his wife, and their oldest grandson Liam, through two counties in north central West Virginia. As the trio drove through Braxton County to Lewis County, they never thought the praying mantis would be able to withstand the long journey on the hood of their truck; but he hung on! They were amazed with the determination of this hitchhiking praying mantis. Liam named him Bob. Join Bob on his hitchhiking adventure and learn how his dreaming and sense of adventure brought him to live in a place he called paradise.